That is one tactic.
Another would be to essentially tie a ring,
which happens to run through the holes
-- and which conceivably could be rotated
a little, to share the wear across the cord.
I see a yurt under assembly via Wikipedia -- to wit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yurt-construction-2.JPGExcept that the pictured one has (I think) square vs. round
slats being bound by cord through holes. For my suggestion
to tie a ring, round slats might work better. One quick idea
for this is to tie the one Overhand stopper around the working
end (this would be the end with lots of rope, which you're
using over & over as you move from hole to hole (like the
"bitter end" is the end/part/"half" at the bitts)) and then
pull to desired tightness, and then tie off the long/working
end around the end of the first Overhand; and cut away.
It depends when you do this: for with the structure collapsed
(as for transport), the ring has a shorter run to make than when
the joined slats assume their near-right-angle disposition. Perhaps
this upon-opening tensioning might even be helpful -- or that the
closed rings would be helpful in arresting/resisting the opening
going too far?!
And it means that you're using more cord.
The above-sketched knot-joint isn't the greatest bend, for sure;
but it might not need to be (no matter how many you're tying)
-- just good enough to do the job, and
quickly enough tied:
that is what you need, for starters.
--dl*
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